Posted in Life on Oct 17th, 2008
…are we. That’s right, late yesterday afternoon, we purchased the fixer-upper townhouse we’ve been looking at. Last night, I was in spackling the first pass on the walls. Tonight, I’ll be sanding and spackling the second coat getting ready for Saturday. Today, the nasty, stained, smoke-and-pee-soaked carpets and carpet pads are being torn out. Saturday, [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 16th, 2008
Our Phillies have done it! They’ve broken the 15 year World Series dry spell by beating the Dodgers in LA last night and winning the National League pennant. We’re World Series bound! Cole Hamels was brilliant and totally earned the MVP. I was still in high school the last time we went to the World [...]
Posted in Humor on Oct 15th, 2008
On Saturday, at the 35th annual H*VMI banquet, Don Wyrtzen retold this humorous story illustrating the difference between hymns and praise choruses. I know that this is a slightly dated issue. But it had my dad laughing heartily. And so I pass it on to you for your reading pleasure. I was unable to find out [...]
…who wouldn’t want a little extra? Well, you get all you need in this delightful autobiography written by the incomparable Johnny Cash. Mr. Cash was a wonderful story teller. This book is full of great anecdotes from his life ranging from his music and touring to his drug addiction to his faith to his family and close friends to his [...]
Posted in Books on Oct 11th, 2008
One thing I try not to do is have too many books going at the same time. Inadvertently, one will always take precedence over the others. And the ones not being read will merely languish into the sad realm of un-readness. Well, even though I am almost finished Cash, the delightful and thoroughly enjoyable autobiography by [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 11th, 2008
Last night, we got together with the family for one of our multi-month birthday celebrations. When there are as many of us as there are, you cannot celebrate single birthdays. So we share. Which is nice. Last night was the September and October birthdays. From left to right, Leah Branford (one of my 4 beautiful nieces) Aaron Manthey [...]
I told the Lord today, “I wish I loved you more.” My spirit heard Him say, “We’ve been over this before.” He reminded me again, “I see deep into your soul, The places you have been, The times you lost control. And thru it all I see, A heart that longs to love With [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 9th, 2008
We’ve bought and sold things on craigslist before. We really like it. But last night we made our biggest purchase. The townhouse we are buying needs all new kitchen cabinets. Yep, that’s right, we bought a full set of kitchen cabinets on craigslist and saved thousands of dollars. We like saving thousands of dollars.
Cursed to undo the curse, The fall moving in reverse, Seeking, finding the dispersed, Ushering in your kingdom. Broken to heal the broken, The new law lived and spoken, Your love hard hearts has opened, Bringing us true freedom.
Posted in Life on Oct 6th, 2008
You tell me. The Dolly Sods in West Virginia. Amazingly beautiful. And here’s Seneca Rocks. It’s hard to get a perspective from this picture. So look at the individual trees. It’s pretty high. Michelle and I hiked up this mountain yesterday. We were out on top of that rock formation. Awesome. It was well worth [...]